New Orleans-Philadelphia: 9 Takeaways From The Saints’ Breakthrough

All week long the talk was how the New Orleans Saints couldn’t win a playoff game. It was the decisive reason TheSportsNotebook picked against them in our preview of the New Orleans-Philadelphia first-round battle. That talk was laid to rest as the Saints beat the Eagles 26-24 on a short last-play field goal by Shayne Graham. What follows is the Notebook Nine, our nine key takeaways from this game…